Probably.
i think the mere fact that it was announced and it's from Canon means it will get a Highly Recommended. ;-)
The DL is a "nothing interested" DSLR and it has no significant meaning in the DSLR development. What Phil do and did are fully explainable indeed. When the *ist D was out, Phil did do the preview very quickly just becoz it was considerably more signifciant (the review was very late, though).
also, Canon has a mega-huge marketing machine, they're able to send out review samples almost immediately after press release, and they can get products on the shelves in very short order.
Yes. I've seen previews on several sites around the world and I know of a number of magazines that are working on previews as well. I believe that the Canon machine is able to provide samples to all the major review sites and magazines in just about every country where they do significant business.
Yes, I am just excited to see the progress of digital photography equipment, no matter the company producing it. I mean, I don't have $3200 for a new camera and have a softspot for Pentax primes (old and new) so switching is not a consideration. But progress pushes the competition and gives us all a better product in the future.
That price may not be too far off.
I agree, I hope Pentax can produce a full frame digital at affordable prices soon. I like Pentax's ability to produce true, off the film plane, TTL flash. Even leading DSLR marketers like Nikon and Canon cannot (or will not) provide the same capability in their top of the line DSLR cameras. The lowly Pentax *ist DS outperforms both the D2X and 1DS MkII in this category. Canon and Nikon users are stuck with inferior flash systems that can't read the light reflected off the sensor during flash exposure for real time TTL flash.
